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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254576303321

Autore

Stadnik Yevgeny V

Titolo

Manifestations of Dark Matter and Variations of the Fundamental Constants in Atoms and Astrophysical Phenomena / / by Yevgeny V. Stadnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-63417-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 88 p. 22 illus., 18 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.1

Soggetti

Gravitation

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Atoms

Physics

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Quantum field theory

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- New Methods of Axion Dark Matter Detection -- New Methods of Scalar Dark Matter Detection -- New Spectroscopy Methods to Search for Anomalous Fifth-Forces -- Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis explores the possibility of searching for new effects of dark matter that are linear in g, an approach that offers enormous advantages over conventional schemes, since the interaction constant g is very small, g<<1. Further, the thesis employs an investigation of linear effects to derive new limits on certain interactions of dark matter with ordinary matter that improve on previous limits by up to 15 orders of magnitude. The first-ever limits on several other interactions are



also derived. Astrophysical observations indicate that there is five times more dark matter—an ‘invisible’ form of matter, the identity and properties of which still remain shrouded in mystery—in the Universe than the ordinary ‘visible’ matter that makes up stars, planets, dust and interstellar gases. Conventional schemes for the direct detection of dark matter involve processes (such as collisions with, absorption by or inter-conversion with ordinary matter) that are either quartic (g4) or quadratic (g2) in an underlying interaction constant g.